UBISOFT will stop playing together on many older games and even give away some downloadable stuff.
UBISOFT will stop playing together on many older games and even give away some downloadable stuff.
Hi, Before continuing, let me make this clear that this news annoucement is only relevant to those who play ONLINE/MP games, be it from any company/developer. (in this case UBISoft). I don't play MP or any kind of online game mode, so this doesn't concern me, but some of you might still be playing older PC games. I have always been a Single Player ' Lone Wolf' type of gamer, hehe. Anyways, back on Topic. It appears that Ubisoft has announced it will be deactivating the servers of some of its older games on September 1, 2022. The shutdowns mean that owners of multiple games will be unable to play multiplayer at all for multiple Assassin’s Creed titles, Far Cry 3, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Driver San Francisco and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. In addition, many PC titles will no longer be able to install or access DLC, and Ghost Recon Future Soldier ’s single-player campaign will only work in offline mode, according to Ubisoft. The publisher claims that closing the online services for some older games “allows us to focus our resources on delivering great experiences for players who are playing newer or more popular titles.” To reiterate, Ubisoft has confirmed it's shortly pulling the plug on a number of its games, including Anno 2070, Far Cry 3, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, and Assassin's Creed 2. Most of the games included on the list are getting on a bit, but three-year-old VR game Space Junkies is also getting pulled, and as its a "multiplayer-only title", you will be "unable to play the game going forward". Whilst the singleplayer features for these games will mostly be unaffected, multiplayer modes or online features may be unavailable after 1st September, along with the ability to buy DLC. In some instances, such as Ghost Recon Future Soldier, you'll only be able to play the singleplayer campaign offline, and you won't be able to link - or unlock goodies - via your Ubisoft account. Here's the full list, although in the case of Assassin's Creed 3 and Far Cry 3, only the original games are affected; your remaster copy should continue to work as usual: Anno 2070 Assassin’s Creed 2 Assassin’s Creed 3 Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD Assassin’s Creed Revelations Driver San Francisco Far Cry 3 Ghost Recon Future Soldier Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Rayman Legends Silent Hunter 5 Space Junkies Splinter Cell: Blacklist ZombiU As listed above, these games are losing the same functions along with the access to their downloadable content (DLC), including four Assassin's Creed titles and Far Cry 3. Ubisoft is removing the DLC and online functions of the Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Liberation HD, Assassin's Creed 3, and Assassin's Creed Revelations. The following titles, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sand, and Rayman Legends, are also losing their DLC and online features starting this September. Official press release statement. https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/help/...g-.../000102396 By the way, Ubisoft made a similar move in 2021, shutting down multiplayer functionality and online services for such games as Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Rainbow Six Lockdown, Far Cry 2, and Splinter Cell Conviction.
Yeah, that extra stuff is cool. But I'm really confused why Ubisoft keeps taking away some downloadable games. And I don't even care if they turn off the multiplayer features on their website either.
Some big game teams have forced players online just to play extra stuff they made later on. They want to stop people from stealing these new things and push more people to buy the real games instead of using cracked ones. I wouldn't be surprised if Ubi did this for old games too, even when they were already out there a long time ago.
Ubisoft used to be okay back in the day. But now, the games are terrible, and they don't even care anymore about making them fun. Most of their developers just want to keep recycling old code without testing it well at all. Even before release, they skip fixing bugs or bad performance issues. Let's check how good things were when Ubisoft started. Their older PC games were hits for a long time, so I think you should try playing some of them. Things like F.A.R.CRY 1 and 2, Assassin's Creed 1 and 2, and some early Splinter Cell titles like Chaos Theory or Conviction are all very good. Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword is also great. Lockdown, VEGAS 1 and 2, Call of Juarez, and some old Prince of Persia games are solid too. Watch Dogs 1 was okay back then, even though it had bad optimization issues and the game was made worse by that mistake.
Some little update: Ubisoft got rid of four games, like Splinter Cell VR and Ghost Recon Frontline. During their quarterly earnings report, they said these four games were canceled, while Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is delayed until late 2023. Before it was canceled, Red Storm studio and Meta worked on Splinter Cell VR because the economy wasn't sure. The free-to-play battle royale Ghost Recon Frontline that made at Ubisoft Bucharest also got cancelled after a delay and a lot of fans complaining. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is delayed until FY2023, so it might launch near the end of this year.